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Montana 680t charging issue
samogps
13 Points
as a long time user of garmin gps devices I noticed from the very beginning that my Montana acts strange during charging. In addition, the device suddenly stopped to work yesterday on a terrain, however just few minutes before this the indicator showed 45% of battery. next, after charging it over the night with wall charger, the device stopped to be charged at 92%. there is blinking symbol for charging for some seconds and then the symbol disappears for some seconds, and so on. I received a device two weeks ago as a gift. I also noticed that when i use computer and usb cable, there is no battery indicator on the display of my Montana 680t. I have impression that this issue is not a common one, so I assume something is just wrong with my battery? I used the device with three AA batteries for very short time and all was fine. someone? Thanks.
Comments
Montana is as good as it gets in current models in my view, 276CX should be better but performance seems to remain problematical from reports.
Good luck with the 64S..nice unit.. but way too small screen for me. The buttons are nice in some ways..but I still can't see overall better then Montana's for my use.. Wife has an Oregon 700 which is nice but too small for me as well.
The battery indicator still never shows 100% on mine, though it does not cause a problem, just an itch as to whether it's going to pack in, always carry spare AA's now.
My wife has a Oregon 700 which I don't like.. just doesn't work as good as the Montana..odd gps.. got some wireless stuff,etc. who cares..
What get's my goat is people who complain big time about Garmins lack of this or that.. Like I said.. I've been with them since 1998 (had a commerical marine Northstar 1996) and they've come a long way baby.. hat's off to them. And they are still moving along.. can't wait for the next version of "montana"
You have a gripe against Garmin for some reason.. They are far the best in GPS world.. Even the Automotive units have come a very long way since my first 2610.. I would never go back to that.
You should buy a Magellan and have a go.
But really, this is just beating a dead horse. @samogps has a GPSMap64 now and is happy with his choice. I wouldn't be happy with one, but I'm not him. ;)